Serge Gas, operation leader of NDEP Nuclear Window, Nuclear Safety Department, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, United Kingdom

— 2008 was a very successful year in terms of progress

I think that 2008 was a very successful year in terms of progress, because we signed three new grant agreements with the Federal Center.

The first one is aiming at the decommissioning of the Lepse service ship. The second one is decommissioning of PAPA class submarine. The third one is aiming at complementing the actions of transportation from Andreeva Bay. So it was quite a successful year in these aspects.

Now I think the year of 2009 will be crucial, because we need now to procure the contracts aiming at implementation of these started already or these projects.